Sunday, August 02, 2015, 5:35 p.m.

Europe’s new fascists

By WILLIAM WHEELER IN THE NEW YORK TIMES

One evening in September 2011, Ali Rahimi, a 27-year old Afghan asylum seeker, was hanging around with friends outside his building in central Athens when more than a dozen Greeks approached. Several men set upon Rahimi, one with a knife. Panicked, he fled into his apartment and fought back, managing to push the men out the door.